Introduction to Contagious Faith: Why the Church Must Spread Hope, Not Fear, in a Pandemic Fear is contagious.

Saint Thomas Aquinas (1447–1449) This fresco of Saint Thomas Aquinas by Fra Angelico can found at the Vatican in the Chapel of Pope Nicholas V.

When I gave a talk recently at the Institute of Catholic Culture on the subject of the Second Coming, I was I asked to describe what our resurrected bodies will be like.

Saint Jerome in His Study During a lifespan that crossed from the 4th to early 5th century, Saint Jerome was a priest, a monk, a pope’s secretary, a desert hermit, and head of a monastery in Bethlehem ...

Our fascination with miracles is inextricably tied up with our fear of death. Miracles give us hope for preservation from suffering and, ultimately, an escape from death. They not only give us hope ...

Saint James, Patron of Pilgrims This alabaster statuette portrays a traveler leaning on his walking staff, as if taking a momentary pause from an arduous journey.

Celibacy: The Answer, Not the Problem It has now become excruciatingly clear that there is a problem in the clergy of the Catholic Church.

Literature: What every Catholic should know There is a very good reason for every Catholic to know the great works of literature — and that is because the great works of literature help us to know ...

Excommunication can be a frightening word. E.x.c.o.m.m.u.n.i.c.a.t.i.o.n. The reality is no less grave. We’ve all seen that arresting scene from the movie Becket, when the titular archbishop ...

The Chains of St. Peter in Rome Two lengths of fetters are here fused in a single chain, displayed in a church all its own near the Roman Colosseum.

This mystery of mysteries — “the central mystery of Christian faith and life” (CCC 234) — is especially difficult to understand. We gain a way in by calling to mind a revelation of Saint John: God is ...

Introduction: Transformation in Christ “We must have an unconditional readiness to change in order to be transformed in Christ.” ...